Pa. Game Commission to vote on increasing number of Sundays in deer rifle season
The Pennsylvania Game Commission will vote Saturday on potential adjustments to the deer rifle season, which officials believe could bolster interest in hunting among youth and young adults. The game commission’s nine-member board met Friday in Dauphin County to discuss opening deer rifle season on Nov. 28, a Saturday, and...
Public meeting set for potential merger of Penn Township, Penn Borough
Penn Township and Penn Borough officials will answer residents’ questions Monday on a potential merger of the two communities first pitched about three years ago. Officials from the borough, a 0.2-square-mile community containing about 435 residents, approached the neighboring township in March 2023 about merging the municipalities. This would mean...
Legislators, behavioral health professionals discuss Westmoreland County mental health goals, challenges
Legislators and behavioral health professionals will discuss the mental health challenges and priorities among Westmoreland County residents Friday. The fourth annual mental health legislative breakfast, held at the Westmoreland Intermediate Unit, is a partnership between Westmoreland County Commissioner Doug Chew, Mental Health America of Southwestern Pennsylvania and Adelphoi. This year’s...
Penn Township withdraws zoning violation notice from Club at Blackthorne, but other legal disputes continue
Penn Township is no longer accusing the Club at Blackthorne, a private event and wedding venue located in a housing community, of violating the municipality’s zoning ordinance. However, several other legal disputes surrounding the clubhouse continue. The Blackthorne Investors appeal and clubhouse zoning variance request will continue to be discussed...
Western Pa. educators rope historic Artemis II mission into classrooms
Penn-Trafford High School science teacher Ryan Tucek has spent years studying the lunar exploration of the 1970s. But, just like his students, NASA’s Artemis II is the first space mission Tucek has witnessed himself. Artemis II launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., last week, beginning a...
Yough School Board seeks to fill vacancy left by director’s resignation
The Yough School Board is looking for someone to fill a vacancy left by a former member who resigned last week. Gregg Nogy resigned April 1, said board President Linda Knor. Nogy served on the board for multiple terms, Knor said. She declined to disclose the reason for his resignation....
DeLallo Italian Market inspires fare at restaurant opening inside Hempfield casino
As Hempfield’s Live Casino Pittsburgh prepares to open its newest eatery, Fran DeLallo marveled Wednesday at the counters serving pizza, pasta salad and tiramisu crafted with the products and recipes of his 76-year-old Italian grocery store. Mangia, an Italian restaurant featuring ingredients and dishes from DeLallo Italian Market, will open...
Lackawanna College opens Greensburg campus to meet skilled trade training demandVideo
Scranton-based Lackawanna College is opening a satellite campus in Greensburg dedicated to welding and electrical programs to address what it said is growing demand for workers. Founded in 1894, Lackawanna has nearly a dozen locations statewide — most of which are located in northeastern and central Pennsylvania. It was approved...
Penn-Trafford junior seeks donations, volunteers for ‘Project Confidence’
Penn-Trafford student Celia Sperber is on a mission to boost the confidence of local teenagers. Sperber, a junior at the Penn Township high school, aims to distribute baskets of self-care items, room decor and accessories to students in Westmoreland and Allegheny counties through an initiative dubbed Project Confidence. “As someone...
Vandergrift native returns to Westmoreland as Bushy Run museum manager
Kiski Area graduate Sarah Mihelic, Bushy Run Battlefield’s latest museum manager, was failing her sixth grade history class when her teacher assigned her an extra credit opportunity at Washington Township’s Fort Hand. Mihelic visited the Westmoreland County historical site for a Revolutionary War battle reenactment — camera, notebook and pen...
Western Pa. gas prices surge above $4.20 per gallon as Iran war continues to push oil costs
Western Pennsylvanians felt a pinch at the pumps this week as some local gas stations offered fuel at $4.19 per gallon or more — about two months after the onset of the Iran war. Gas prices jumped to just shy of $4 per gallon two weeks ago. Friday, the statewide...
From skeptics to sightings, Pittsburgh UFO Conference returns to Western Pa.
John Ventre has spent 20 years waiting for the world to take UFOs seriously, but now that the federal government is finally acknowledging the phenomenon, he is questioning its sudden change in stance. Ventre, the former state director for the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON), will host the 19th annual Pittsburgh...
How Hempfield Area’s $119M high school renovation will impact students
Hempfield Area students will not have to attend classes in temporary trailers during the upcoming $119 million high school renovation. Instead, a 2023 decision to move freshmen to the former Harrold Middle School has provided enough available space to keep all students in permanent classrooms after work begins June 1....
Penn-Trafford High School to perform ‘Mamma Mia’
Audiences for Penn-Trafford High School’s spring musical, “Mamma Mia!,” should warm up their vocals and wear their dancing shoes before coming to see the show April 10 to 19, director Tom Bekavac said. It is a show that viewers of all ages can appreciate, Bekavac said. “There’s a familiarity of...
Penn Middle slated to perform ‘Frozen Jr.’
Penn Middle School drama club director Maddie Nick has never heard children scream as loud as when she announced the group would perform “Frozen Jr.” as its spring musical. “It was in the middle of the school day, too. We probably disrupted some classes with that,” Nick said with a...
Penn-Trafford area: Living wax museum, chicken barbecue, painting classes, more
Kids’ Living Wax Museum Bushy Run Battlefield will host a Kids’ Living Wax Museum from 1 to 3 p.m. April 12 at the museum, 1253 Route 993, Penn Township. Children in first through sixth grades can sign up to give a one- to three-minute presentation on a historical figure. Participants...
Hempfield Area School Board approves bids for long-awaited renovation at $119 millionVideo
Hempfield Area will move forward with its long-awaited high school renovation after bids were approved by the school board Monday night. Bids proposed last week — for general contracting, electrical, HVAC and plumbing work — came in just under $119 million, about $30 million lower than an estimate pitched about...
Ligonier Valley High School students to compete for $6K prize in statewide PennDOT challenge
Ligonier Valley juniors Matthew Sutton and Callen McPherson will compete for a $6,000 prize against high schoolers statewide through PennDOT’s annual innovation challenge. The challenge, held for the past nine years, invites high school students to address a current transportation issue. Participants present potential solutions to the problem before a...
Morning Roundup: Top prize lottery ticket sold at UPMC hospital; North Park road to close for race Saturday
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Friday, March 27, 2026: Top prize-winning lottery ticket sold at UPMC hospital A $1.5 million dollar Cash Spectacular scratch-off was sold at UPMC Magee-Women’s Hospital in South Oakland, according to the Pennsylvania Lottery. The hospital will receive a $10,000...
Forecasters extend flood warning for Pittsburgh area; power outages affecting thousands
The National Weather Service has extended a flood warning until 10:30 a.m. Friday in the aftermath of overnight thunderstorms. Between flashes of lightning and wind gusts reaching nearly 50 mph Thursday night, the Pittsburgh area collected between 1.25 and 2.25 inches of rain, said Bill Modzelewski, meteorologist for the NWS’s...
‘Nobody’s coming to save you’: Wife of ex-UPMC doctor facing attempted murder charges testifies 1 year later
Arielle Konig thought her husband, a former UPMC anesthesiologist who used to live in Mt. Lebanon, was joking at first when he threatened her after the troubled couple snapped a selfie while strolling down a Hawaiian hiking trail last year. Then, she testified Tuesday in an Oahu courtroom, Gerhardt Konig...
Pittsburgh in line for damaging winds, isolated flash flooding Thursday night
Pittsburghers looking to soak up sunshine and warm temperatures should do so while there’s light Thursday, as storms forecast for the evening are expected to segue into cooler conditions this weekend. Temperatures are forecast to reach into the low 70s Thursday, said Jared Rackley, meteorologist for the National Weather Service...
McKeesport behavioral intervention specialist on paid leave following incident with daughter, a student
A McKeesport Area behavioral intervention specialist is on paid leave following an incident between the employee and their daughter, who is a high school student in the district, Superintendent Donald MacFann said Wednesday. The incident occurred Tuesday afternoon and school officials were made aware within minutes, MacFann said. The employee,...
No injuries reported in multi-vehicle crash on Route 28 near Highland Park Bridge
Multiple vehicles were involved in a crash Tuesday morning on Route 28 just before the Highland Park Bridge. No injuries were reported, despite several of the cars flipping over on the roadway just before Exit 6, near Aspinwall. The crash scene has been cleared and all northbound lanes of Route...
Police seek man they say robbed Middle Hill store at gunpoint
Pittsburgh police are looking for a man who they say robbed a store while wielding a gun late Monday night in Pittsburgh’s Middle Hill neighborhood, according to Pittsburgh Public Safety. Officers were dispatched around 11:45 p.m. to the 2200 block of Centre Avenue for reports of a man who held...
